Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Everyday Words That Were Invented by Famous Authors

by . Posted on Falvorpill -  May 19, 2012


The words chortle and galumphing were both coined by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem “Jabberwocky” from his 1872 sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass. Though chortle — which means a laugh somewhere between a chuckle and a snort — is more common, galumphing — that is to say, galloping triumphantly — was picked up by Rudyard Kipling and made it into the dictionary, so that’s good enough for us.
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